Acc.13372 May 2014 Inventory Acc.13372 Scottish Youth Hostels Association National Library of Scotland Manuscripts Division George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EW Tel: 0131-623 3876 Fax: 0131-623 3866 E-mail: [email protected] © National Library of Scotland Annual Reports, minutes, correspondence, reports, handbooks, newsletters, magazines, property records, photographs, audio visual recordings, visitors’ books, and other records, 1931-2012, undated, of and relating to the Scottish Youth Hostels Association. Following preliminary meetings in 1930s, the Scottish Youth Hostels Association was formed in Edinburgh in1931at a public meeting chaired by Lord Salvesen ‘To help all, but especially young people of limited means living and working in industrial and other areas, to know use and appreciate the Scottish countryside and places of historic and cultural interest in Scotland, and to promote their health, recreation and education, particularly by providing simple hostel accommodation for them on their travels.’ District Committees were formed in early 1931 in Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen and, later that year the first hostel was opened at Broadmeadows in the Borders. By 1936, there were 48 hostels with a membership of nearly 12,000. The records were arranged by John Martin at the SYHA Headquarters in Stirling. The arrangement has been largely retained. Films and videos deposited with the records have been transferred to the Scottish Screen Archive. [They join the thirteen films deposited in 1986 by the SYHA in the then Scottish Film Archive.] Records of the Ayr [South-West] District were deposited in Ayrshire Archives in 2005 and 2007. Deposited, 2012. 1–141 GOVERNANCE, REPORTS, MINUTES AND CORRESPONDENCE 142–168 NATIONAL STATISTICS, PAPERS AND REPORTS 169–194 CONSTITUTIONS AND INCORPORATION 195–406 PUBLICATIONS AND PUBLICITY MATERIALS 407–509 PROPERTY 510–516 STAFF 517–523 ACCOUNTS OF HOSTELLING 524–544 MEMBERS 545–556 OTHER HOSTELLING ASSOCIATIONS 557–560 NON-SYHA PUBLICATIONS 561–576 AUDIO VISUAL RECORDINGS 1-141 GOVERNANCE, REPORTS, MINUTES AND CORRESPONDENCE 1–10 National Annual Reports 11-61 National Minutes 62-141 Records of Districts 1–10 National Annual Reports Annual Reports and Accounts, 1931–2012 1 ‘The First Year’s Report’, 1931, and first list of hostels [single sheets] 2 Annual Reports, 1931 – 1955 [bound volume] 3 1955–1965 [bound volume] 4 1965–1967 [bound volume] 5 1968–1974 [bound volume] 6 1975–1981 [bound volume] 7 1981–1986 [bound volume] 8 1987–1994 [bound volume] 9 1995–2002 [bound volume] 10 2003–2012 11–61 National Minutes Minutes, 1931-1999, of the SYHA National Council and Executive and minutes of committees. From 1947 the Minutes of all committees were recorded in a single series [Acc.13372/28-60] 11-20 National Council and Executive Minutes 21-22 Finance Sub-Committee Minutes 23 Buildings Committee Minutes 24 Publicity Committee Minutes 25 Emergency Committee Minutes 26 Special Committee Minutes 27 Special Committee Minutes 28-60 Committee Minutes 61 National Council Election Minutes 11–20 National Council and Executive Minutes Minutes of National Council and Executive meetings, 1931-1946 11 13 Feb–14 Nov 1931 12 28 Nov 1931–11 Sept 1932 13 10 Sept 1932–11 Mar 1933 14 27 Mar 1933–11 Jan 1934 15 24 Feb–8 Dec 1934 16 22 Dec 1934–5 Jun 1937 17 19 Dec 1937–6 Jan 1940 18 20 Jan 1940–3 Oct 1942 19 21 Nov 1942–24 Mar 1945 20 12 May 1945–6 Oct 1946 21-22 Finance Sub-Committee Minutes Minutes, 1935-1946, of the Finance Sub-Committee 21 19 Feb 1935–7 Jan 1942 22 1 May 1942–13 Mar 1946 23 Buildings Committee Minutes, 1944–1946 24 Publicity Committee Minutes, 22 Nov 1940–10 Oct 1946 25 Emergency Committee Minutes, 20 April 1943–8 Sep 1946 26 Special Committee Minutes, 29 Nov 1931–6 Mar 1949 27 Other Committee Minutes Loose minutes of the Executive, Finance, Emergency, Buildings and Publicity Committees, 1931-1945 28-60 Committee Minutes Minutes, 1947–1999, of all committees. Some loose minutes are enclosed with the National correspondence [Acc.13372/148-168] 28 1947-1948 29 1948–1949 30 1949–1950 31 1950–1951 32 1951–1952 33 1952–1953 34 1953–1956 35 1956–1957 36 1958–1959 37 1960–1961 38 1962–1964 39 1965–1966 40 1966–1967 41 1967–1969 42 1970–1971 43 1971–1972 44 1973–1974 45 1975–1976 46 1977–1978 47 1979–1980 48 1981–1982 49 1983–1984 50 1985–1986 51 1987–1988 52 1989–1990 53 1991–1992 54 1993 55 1994 56 1995 57 1996 58 1997 59 1998 60 1999 61 National Council Elections, Minutes, 1967–2004 62-141 Records of Districts Annual Reports, minutes, correspondence, papers and news-sheets, 1931-2000, of Districts. 62-85 Aberdeen District 86-90 Ayr [South-West] District 91-96 Dundee District 97-120 Edinburgh 121-129 Glasgow District 130-136 North – West Area and National District 137-140 Area Management Committees 141 District Papers 62-85 Aberdeen District 62-63 Annual Reports 64-76 Minutes 77-84 Correspondence and papers 85 Local Groups 62-64 Annual Reports 62 1932 63 1933–1984 [bound volume] 64 1985–1996 65-76 Minutes 65 Excerpt of Minute, 21 December 1931, Report of Exhibition Sub- Committee, 1934 and draft minute book, 1932-1933 66 AGM and Committee, 1944–1952 [volume] 67 AGM, 1952-1995 68 Committee, 1952-1967 69 Committee, 1967–1979 70 Committee, 1980–1993 71 Executive, 1948–1952 72 Hostel, 1947–1952 73 Investigation, 1947–1948. With correspondence and plans concerning Roslin Cottage, Fochabers, 1949 74 Publicity, 1947–1952 75 Entertainment, 1947–1953 76 Publicity and Entertainment, 1973–1983 77-84 Correspondence and papers 77 Early correspondence and papers including a District scheme for hostels and press cuttings, 1930s 78-82 Correspondence, 1931–1986, being largely copies of outgoing letters from Head Office, to D.G. Moir, Secretary of the Aberdeen District, concerning new properties and developments to existing properties. 78 1931 79 1932 80 1933 80 1934, 1936 82 1980-1986 with committee papers 83 Finance Sheets for Ballater, Inverernan, Tomintoul, Aviemore Hostels; Valuation Rolls for Ballater and Aviemore Hostels, 1933-1934; Standing Orders, 1990 84 Printed notices, circulars and invitations, 1932-1935. With programmes, 1932, for the Aberdeen Hiker’s Club and the Peterhead Rambling Association 85 Local Groups Minutes, 1942-1951, of the Morayshire Group 86-90 Ayr [South-West] District Meeting papers, and correspondence, 1931-2000, of the Ayr [South- West] District. Other records of the South-West District were deposited with Ayrshire Archives in 2007 86-89 Meeting Papers 90 Correspondence 86-89 Meeting papers: AGM papers, Annual Reports and Minutes, 1959-2000 86 1959-1966, 1973-1974 87 1980-1989 88 Minutes, 1989-2000 89 1989-2000 90 Correspondence, 1931-1932 91-96 Dundee District [including early Perth] 91 Perthshire Sub-Committee minutes, 1933, with financial papers 92 Agendas and accounts for AGMs, 1980-1985 93-96 Correspondence, 1931–1936 93 1931 94 1932 95 1933 96 1934, 1936 97-120 Edinburgh District 97 Annual Reports, financial statements, minutes, correspondence, 1931- 1935; Standing Orders, 1948 98-119 Annual Reports, AGMs, District Executive and other minutes, 1934-2000 Meeting papers for 1943, 1953, 1955 and 1956 are missing 98 Oct 1934-Oct1936 99 Oct 1936–Sept.1938 100 Oct 1938–Jan 1941 101 Feb 1941–Sept 1942 102 1944 103 1945 104 1946 105 1947 106 1948 107 1949 108 1950 109 1951 110 1952 111 1954 112 1957 113 1958 114 1959-1965 115 May 1966 – Dec 1974 116 1975 – 1986 117 1986 – 1990 118 1990 – 1993 119 1995 – 2000 120 District Bulletins, 1931-1934 and Members’ News-sheets, 1931 121-129 Glasgow District 121 Annual Reports, 1931-1933, 1980 122-123 District Executive Minutes, 1980-2001 122 1980, 1996-1999 123 1999–2001 124 -127 Correspondence and papers 124 The Rucksack Club and Glasgow District merger, 1930 – 1932 125 1931 126 1932–1937 127 1991–2006 [This material is closed until 2017] 128 Accounts, 1979 129 District Bulletins, 1943-1944 130-136 North –West Area and National District This District included some early ‘District-less’ hostels such as the Edinburgh National Hostel 130-131 Minutes, 1932–1947 130 1932–1936 131 1936–1947 [bound volume] 132-135 Correspondence and papers, 1932 – with some photographs and postcards 132 1932 133 1933 134 1934 135 1935–1936, 1941, undated 136 Minutes, 1936, and description of Edinburgh Colinton Road Hostel or ‘National Hostel’ 137-140 Area Management Committees Standing Orders, agendas, minutes and other papers, 1970s–1983, of the Area Management Committees 137-138 East Area 137 1970–1980 138 1981–1988 139 West Area, 1980–1982 140 North Area, 1980–1982 141 District Papers 141 Papers on the functions and workings of Districts and summary of District Accounts, ca.1932, and on District boundaries, 1940s 142-168 NATIONAL STATISTICS, PAPERS AND REPORTS 142–144 National statistics 145–168 National correspondence and papers 142 –144 National statistics 142 List of beds at hostels, 1937–1943. With Bednight comparison, 1939-1945 143 Quinquennial Review, 1981–1985 144 Quinquennial Review, 1986-1990 145 – 168 National correspondence and papers Reports, minutes, correspondence, accounts, memoranda, 1930 – 1985, of and relating to national administration. The war-time files include some UK Government circulars and pamphlets. Acc.13372/153 consists of correspondence with the Secretary of State for Scotland and MPs. A letter, 1940s, to District Secretaries concerns District boundaries, and there are several letters of congratulation on the Association’s 50th Anniversary in 1981 145 1930 146 1931 [including a sketch of Broadmeadows hostel] 147 1932–1933 148